DA chief vows to focus on food production

THERE will be no witch hunt, no running after officials from the past administration at the Department of Agriculture, which will focus on its mandate of producing food for the country’s needs, according to Secretary Emmanuel F. Piñol.

Piñol said this to DA employees last Friday, apparently to assuage ranking officials who would not keep their jobs.

The new DA chief brought with him a large number of trusted people to fill in the top posts at the department, mostly from Mindanao.